NEW DOCS: GOP Was Secretly Behind Kanye's Campaign
New documents show Kanye West's doomed White House campaign—styled as an "independent" third-party effort—appears to have disguised potentially millions of dollars in services it received from a secretive network of Republican Party operatives, including advisers to the GOP and a managing partner at one of the top conservative political firms in the country.
Potentially even more alarming? The Kanye 2020 campaign committee did not even report paying some of these advisers, and used an odd abbreviation for another—moves which campaign finance experts say appear designed to mask the association between known GOP operatives and the campaign, and could constitute a violation of federal laws.
I am shocked, shocked I tell you.
Kanye West Plans Meeting with Putin, Home in Russia
Kanye West is headed to the Kremlin. The Grammy-winning hip hop superstar, who recently referred to himself "Young Putin," is reportedly planning to travel to Russia to meet his highest idol. West's confidant and strategic adviser, Ameer Sudan, is planning the jaunt, which include the gospel-themed Sunday service concert, where President Vladimir Putin will be invited as a special guest.
"Russia is going to be 'a second home' for Ye," Sudan said. "He will be spending a lot of time out there." Aside from performing, the rapper will explore business and musical opportunities in the country with billionaire real estate developer Aras Agalarov (known as the "Trump of Russia"😉, and Agalarov's musician son, Emin. Kim Kardashian's estranged husband has proclaimed himself as the "greatest artist God ever created."
West, who legally changed his name to Ye in October, is working on unspecified deals with the Agalarovs.
The Agalarovs have ties to Donald Trump and the Russian government. The father and son allegedly organized a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lobbyist during the 2016 election in which sensitive information about Hilary Clinton was offered up.
A 2020 report from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence found that Aras Agalarov has "significant ties to the Russian government, including to individuals involved in influence operations targeting the 2016 U.S. election," particularly Putin and Dimitry Peskov, one of Putin's close aides.